Windshield regulator



Dec; 7 1926. 1,609,301

s. W. NICHOLSON ET Al.A l

wINDsHIELD REGULATOR Filed July 27. 1925 inventato Starde fidel/daan 6747115 .Cmme/ Jnyms fan arence ,Fic/6% l Gnou/m130 Patented Dec. 7, 1926.

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Application filed July 2*?, i925. vSerial No. 45,454. 4

'The invention relates to windshield regulators and has for one yof its .objects the provision olf a compact mechanism for operating the windshield, this mechanism being so arranged that it is located within the header above the .opening Ano-ther .object is to provide mechanism driven from near one end .of the header and connected to the windshield near its middle for operating the same. A further object is to provide mechaiiism'fincludling a revoluble screw mounted uponA a mounting plate which is secured to the head-er and is channel shaped to receive the screw and other parts .of vthe mechanism immediately .connected thereto. l'Vith these as well as' other objects in `View the invention resides in the novel features ofloonstruc-tion and combinations and arrangements ot parts as more fully hereinafter set forth. p

In the -drawingscl Figure l '-is a `rear elevation of the cowl and windshield portion et' la motor vehicle, having appliedfthei'eto -a windshield regulator embodying our invention;

`Figure 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of a portion thereof;

Figures 3 and 4 are cross sections on the lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig- ;0 ure 2.

As shown in the present instance our windshield regulator is applied to a motor vehicle body having the cowl l, the header 2 spaced above the cowl and the windshield 3 for normally closing the space between the cowl and header. The header 2 comprises the spaced rear and front walls 4 and 5, respectively, between which the upper edge of the windshield extends.

For raising and lowering the windshield we have provided mechanism which is mounted upon the rear wall 4 of the header and is connected to the upper edge of the windshield near its middle and is driven from near the end of the header in advance of the steering wheel so that the driver of the motor vehicle may easily actuate the mechanism. In detail, 6 is a mounting plate which extends horizontally of and is secured to the front side of the rear head-er wall 4. 7 is a bell crank pivotally mounte-d at 8 upon the mounting plate and having one arm 9 provided with the roller 10 engaging in the channel-shaped retainer ll, which is located .at .the middle .of the upper edge yet m .the windshield. ihis retainer -is secured to the rear side .of the channel 112, which .einbraces andis secured to the upper vedge of :the windshield. The bell crank is actuated by. means off the revoluble screw 13 which engages the nut 14 gournaled upon the other arm l5 or the .bell crank and is secured in place by means ofthe 'clip 16 which is secured to the arm l5 and is located at V,the front side oic the nut and has an opening in which the nut is also journaled.l The screw '13 is rotated'lfrom the gearing 17 :thro-ugh the universal joint 18,' the gearing being llecated within the geary housing 19 which is lsecured upon the mounting plate 6 1in -ad- Avance of tliesteering wheel of the motor vehicle so that the driver may Yha-ve easy `aecess thereto. A suitable handle 2O is provided upon the dnive shaft 2l for operating the gearing.

For the purpose lot decreasing the .depth o t' the header 2 this header has the front side of its 'reanwall 4 recessed at 22 123,

the former recess receiving the mounting plate 6 and the latter recess the outer end of the arm 9 and the retainer l1. The main portion of the bell crank 7 is located within the channel oit' the mounting plate as is also the screw 13 and the gear housing 19 and associated parts. Furthermore, we have also located the coil counter-balancing spring 24 for the windshield in the channel of the mounting plate, this counterbalancing spring being connected to the `arm l5 of the bell crank and to the mounting plate above the gear housing. The arm 9 of the bell crank extends from the channel of the mounting plate and is return bent to extend into the recess 23 of the rear wall 4 of the header.

From the above description it will be seen that we have provided a simple compact arrangement of regulator for windshield which is connected to the windshield near the middle of its upper edge and may be driven from a position in advance of the steering wheel of the motor vehicle. It `will also be seen that the construction of regulator is such that the windshield is held in its various adjusted positions without the necessity of providing an eXtra lock.

What we claim as our invention is: v

1. The combination with a vehicle body having an opening with aheader above the opening and a closure for the opening, of a regulator for raising and lowering said closure comprising a horizontally extending mounting plate mounted upon said header, a drive shaft mounted upon said mounting plate and located in one end of said header, a lifter arm having one end connected to said closure near its middle and the other end pivotally mounted upon said mounting plate intermediate said drive shaft and point of connection of said lifter arm with said closure, and a driving connection extending between said drive shaft and lifter arm for swinging the latter from the former.

2. The combination with a vehicle body having an opening with a header above the opening and a closure for the opening, of a regulator for raising and lowering said closure comprising a horizontally extending mounting plate mounted upon said header, a bell crank pivotally mounted upon said mounting plate and having one arm connected to said closure, a screw connected to the other arm of said bell crank for swinging the latter upon rotation of the former and means mounted upon said header and laterally spaced from the pivot for said bell crank and connected to said screw for rotating the latter.

3. The combination with a vehicle body having an opening with a header above the opening and a windshield for the opening, of a regulator for raising and lowering said windshield comprising a horizontally extending channel shaped mounting plate secured upon said header, a bell crank pivotally mounted upon said mounting plate and having one arm located within the vchannel thereof and another arm extending from the channel and connected to said windshield, a 4U drive shaft mounted upon said mounting plate, and a driving connection between said drive shaft and first mentioned arm of said bell crank, said driving connection being lolcated within the channel of said mounting p ate.

4i. The combination with a vehicle body having an opening with a header above the opening and a windshield for the opening, of a regulator for raising and lowering said windshield comprising a horizontally extending mounting plate secured upon said header, a bell crank pivotally mounted upon slaid mounting plate and having an arm located within the channel thereof and another arm U extending from the channel and connected to said windshield, a screw connected to the rst mentioned arm of said bell crank and located witliin the channel of said mounting plate, and gearing mounted vupon said mounting plate within the channel thereof and connected to said screw for rotating the same.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

STANLEY W. NICHOLSON. GRANT W. CRAMER. v CLARENCE E. RICKEL. ANGUS GRANT. 

